[[Image:Liberalfascismbook1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''Liberal Fascism'', by Jonah Goldberg]]
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'''Liberal Fascism''', by [[Jonah Goldberg]], likens the tendencies of the American left ([[liberals]]) to the authoritarian [[fascism]] which emerged in the 1930s.
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'''Liberal Fascism''', by Jonah Goldberg, details the tendency of the American left ([[liberals]]) towards authoritarian, [[fascist]] behavior. Among other things he draws insightful analogies between [[Nazism]] and Roosevelt's [[New Deal]].
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* He argues that there has been a false duality created between the Soviet Socialists of the USSR and the socialists united under the fascists in Italy and Germany. He argues that the [[totalitarian]] impulse, the philosophy of [[state control]] of decisions taking priority over [[individual freedom]]s, is the core uniting principle behind these movements, and he argues that the ongoing home of such [[statism]] is in what has come to be known as the "liberal" politics of the modern [[progressive movement]]. [https://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0385511841]
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He draws disputed analogies between [[Nazism]] and Roosevelt's [[New Deal]].
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==See also==
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*[[Antifa]]
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*[[Fascism and the New Deal]]
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[[Category:Book]]
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==Links==
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[[Category:Liberals]]
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*[http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/index.php?id=1386625 Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman's review of the book, from Family Security Matters.org]